Trades - Apprenticeship in Automotive Service Technician: Apprenticeship is a trades - apprenticeship in Trades programme offered by Vancouver Community College in Vancouver, Canada. The programme runs for 7 weeks, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 1,000 per total for local students.
This apprenticeship provides the technical-training component for registered apprentices working toward British Columbia trade certification as an Automotive Service Technician. The technical training is organized into four levels (ATAP 1011 through 4011), each worth nine credits, totalling 28 weeks of instruction delivered over roughly four years alongside 6,360 hours of workplace training. Each level can be completed on-campus, with seven weeks of face-to-face instruction, or through a hybrid format combining thirteen weeks of online study with two weeks of full-time on-campus attendance; apprentices may switch delivery formats between levels. All in-person instruction is based at VCC's Broadway campus, with intakes in January and September. Coursework covers inspection, diagnosis, and repair of engines, steering, braking, suspension, and electrical systems, along with the use of computerized diagnostic equipment. Completion of the technical training and required work-based hours leads to a British Columbia trade certificate. The programme suits apprentices already employed by a sponsoring employer who hold a valid SkilledTradesBC ID, are at least sixteen years old or a secondary school graduate, and have an analytical, methodical approach to hands-on vehicle diagnostic and repair work.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Vancouver Community College enrols this apprenticeship through SkilledTradesBC rather than a stand-alone academic application: applicants must hold a valid SkilledTradesBC ID number, and must already have a current employer, who hires and pays the apprentice, and a sponsor, who arranges learning opportunities and reports on progress; an official SkilledTradesBC apprenticeship number is required before applying. The page states no minimum grades or English-language test score (IELTS, TOEFL, PTE, Duolingo or CAEL). General VCC conditions apply: available to Canadian citizens and permanent residents, aged 16 or older or a secondary-school graduate, with official transcripts and other required documents submitted. Applicants with relevant trade work experience or prior training can pursue prior-learning recognition through SkilledTradesBC challenge exams. Intakes run in January and September.
Application Details
Start Date:January and September
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants (Canadian citizens and permanent residents) apply through EducationPlannerBC. VCC publishes each programme's own application window, term by term, on its When to Apply page rather than one college-wide date: windows open roughly six to twenty months before the term starts and close on a stated date, though popular programmes can close earlier once seats fill, since places generally go to eligible applicants in the order their application is completed. International applicants use the International Applicant option on EducationPlannerBC; VCC opens international applications on 1 February of the previous year for Winter entry, 1 June for Spring/Summer, and 1 October for Fall, with no fixed closing date — applications continue until roughly three to four months before the term begins or until it fills, so admission is effectively rolling for international applicants. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
